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65 Cards in this Set
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Abbreviated Communication |
-abridge -compendium -cursory -curtail -syllabus -synopsis -terse |
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Act Quickly |
-abrupt -apace -headlong -impetuous -precipitate |
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Assist |
-abet -advocate -ancillary -bolster -corroborate -countenance -espouse -mainstay -munificent -proponent -stalwart -sustenance |
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Bad Mood |
-bilious -dudgeon -irascible -pettish -petulant -pique -querulous -umbrage -waspish |
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Beginner/Amateur |
-dilettante -fledgling -neophyte -novitiate -proselyte -tyro |
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Beginner/Young |
-burgeoning -callow -engender -inchoate -incipient -nascent |
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Biting (as in wit/temperament) |
-acerbic -acidulous -acrimonious -asperity -caustic -mordacious -mordant -trenchant |
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Bold |
-audacious -courageous -dauntless |
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Boring |
-banal -fatuous -hackneyed -insipid -mundane -pedestrian -platitude -prosaic -quotidian -trite |
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Carousal |
-bacchanalian -debauchery -depraved -dissipated -iniquity -libertine -libidinous (lustful) -licentious -reprobate -ribald -salacious -sordid -turpitude |
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Changing Quickly |
-capricious -mercurial -volatile |
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Copy |
-counterpart -emulate -facsimile -factitious (fake) -paradigm (example/model) -precursor -quintessence -simulated -vicarious |
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Criticize/Criticism |
-aspersion -belittle -berate -calumny -castigate -decry -defamation -denounce -deride/derisive -diatribe -disparage -excoriate -gainsay -harangue (lecture/rant) -impugn -inveigh -lambaste -objurgate -obloquy -opprobrium -pillory -rebuke -remonstrate -reprehend -reprove -revile -tirade -vituperate |
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Death/Mourning |
-bereave -cadaver (corpse) -defunct -demise -dolorous -elegy -knell -lament -macabre (morbid/gruesome/grim/gory) -moribund -obsequies (funeral rites) -sepulchral -wraith |
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Denying of Self |
-abnegate (renounce/reject) -abstain -ascetic -spartan -stoic -temperate |
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Dictatorial |
-authoritarian -despotic -dogmatic -hegemonic (hegemony): leadership/dominion -imperious -peremptory -tyrannical |
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Difficult to Understand |
-abstruse -ambiguous -arcane -bemusing -cryptic enigmatic -esoteric -inscrutable] -obscure -opaque -paradoxical -perplexing -recondite (little known) -turbid (murky/unclear) |
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Disgusting/Offensive |
-defile -fetid -invidious -noisome -odious -putrid -rebarbative |
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Easy to Understand |
-articulate -cogent -eloquent -evident -limpid -lucid -pellucid |
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Eccentric/Dissimilar |
-aberrant -anachronism -anomalous -discrete -eclectic -esoteric -iconoclast |
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Embarass |
-abash -chagrin -compunction -contrition -diffidence -expiate -foible -gaucherie -rue |
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Equal |
-equitable -equity -tantamount |
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Falsehood |
-apocryphal -canard -chicanery -dissemble -duplicity -equivocate -erroneous -ersatz -fallacious -feigned -guile -mendacious/mendacity -perfidy -prevaricate -specious -spurious |
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Family |
-conjugal -consanguine -distaff -endogamous -filial -fratricide -progenitor -scion |
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Favoring/Not Impartial |
-ardor/ardent -doctrinaire -fervid -partisan -tendentious -zealot |
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Forgive |
-absolve -acquit -exculpate -expiate -palliate -redress -vindicate |
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Funny |
-chortle -droll -facetious -flippant -gibe -jocular -levity -ludicrous -raillery -riposte -simper |
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Gaps/Openings |
-abatement -aperture -fissure -hiatus -interregnum -interstice -lull -orifice -rent -respite -rift -vacancy |
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Generous/Kind |
-altruistic -beneficent -clement -largess -magnanimous -munificent -philanthropic -unstinting |
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Greedy |
-avaricious -covetous -mercenary -miserly -penurious -rapacious -venal |
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Hard-hearted |
-asperity -baleful -dour -fell -malevolent -mordant -sardonic -scathing -truculent -vitriolic -vituperation |
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Harmful |
-baleful -baneful -deleterious -inimical -injurious -insidious -minatory -perfidious -pernicious |
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Harsh-sounding |
-cacophony -din -dissonant -raucous -strident |
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Hatred |
-abhorrence -anathema -antagonism -antipathy -detestation -enmity -loathing -malice -odium -rancor |
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Healthy |
-beneficial -salubrious -salutary |
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Hesitate |
-dither -oscillate -teeter -vacillate -waver |
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Hostile |
-antithetic -churlish -curmudgeon -irascible -malevolent -misanthropic -truculent -vindictive |
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Innocent/Inexprienced |
-credulous -gullible -ingenuous -naive -novitiate -tyro |
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Insincere |
-disingenuous -dissemble -fulsome -ostensible -unctuous |
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Investigate |
-appraise -ascertain -assay -descry -peruse |
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Lazy/Sluggish |
-indolent -inert -lackadaisical -languid -lassitude -lethargic -phlegmatic -quiescent -slothful -torpid |
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Luck |
-adventitious -amulet -auspicious -fortuitous -kismet -optimum -portentous -propitiate -propitious -providential -talisman |
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Nag |
-admonish -belabor -cavil -enjoin -exhort -harangue -hector -martinet -remonstrate -reproof |
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Nasty |
-fetid -noisome -noxious |
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Not a Straight Line |
-askance -awry -careen -carom -circuitous -circumvent -gyrate -labyrinth -meander -oblique -serrated -sidle -sinuous -undulating -vortex |
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Overblown/Wordy |
-bombastic -circumlocution -garrulous -grandiloquent -loquacious -periphrastic -prolix -rhetoric -turgid -verbose |
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Pacify/Satisfy |
-ameliorate -appease -assuage -defer -mitigate -mollify -placate -propitiate -satiate -slake -soothe` |
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Pleasant-Sounding |
-euphonious -harmonious -melodious -sonorous |
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Poor |
-destitute -esurient -impecunious -indigent |
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Praise |
-acclaim -accolade -aggrandize -encomium -eulogize -extol -fawn -laud/laudatory -venerate/veneration |
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Predict |
-augur -auspice -fey -harbinger -portentous -presage -prescient -prognosticate |
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Prevent/Obstruct |
-discomfort -encumber -fetter -forfend -hinder -impede -inhibit -occlude |
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Smart/Learned |
-astute -canny -erudite -perspicacious |
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Sorrow |
-disconsolate -doleful -dolor -elegiac -forlorn -lament -lugubrious -melancholy -morose -plaintive -threnody |
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Stubborn |
-implacable -inexorable -intractable -intransigent -obdurate -obstinate -recalcitrant -refractory -renitent -untoward -vexing |
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Terse |
-compendious -curt -laconic -pithy -succinct -taciturn |
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Time/Order/Duration |
-anachronism -antecede -antedate -anterior -archaic -diurnal -eon -ephemeral -epoch -fortnight -millennium -penultimate -synchronous -temporal |
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Timid/Timidity |
-craven -diffident -pusillanimous -recreant -timorous -trepidation |
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Truth |
-candor/candid -fealty -frankness -indisputable -indubitable -legitimate -probity -sincere -veracious -verity |
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Unusual |
-aberration
-anomaly -iconoclast -idiosyncrasy |
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Walking About |
-ambulatory -itinerant -peripatetic |
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Wandering |
-discursive -expatiate -forage -itinerant -peregrination -sojourn |
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Weaken |
-adulterate -enervate -exacerbate -inhibit -obviate -stultify -undermine -vitiate |
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Wisdom |
-adage -aphorism -apothegm -axiom -bromide -dictum -epigram -platitude -sententious -truism |
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Withdrawal/Retreat |
-abeyance -abjure -abnegation -abortive -abrogate -decamp -demur -recant -recidivism -remission -renege -rescind -retrograde |
